Kibitsu Shrine
| Kibitsu Shrine 吉備津神社 |
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| Dedicated to | Kibitsuhiko-no-mikoto |
| Founded | Unknown |
| Website | kibitujinja |
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Kibitsu Shrine (吉備津神社?), is a Shinto shrine in Okayama, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. The Honden-Haiden is a National Treasure and the sole exemplar of the kibitsu-zukuri style of architecture, although the Soshidō of Hokekyō-ji is now believed to have been modeled thereon.
Kibitsu Shrine was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Bitchū Province. The enshrined kami is Kibitsuhiko-no-mikoto (吉備津彦命?), who was the son of legendary Emperor Korei.
The shrine was one of 23 sanctuaries in the mid-range of ranked Imperial shrines or Kanpei-chūsha (官幣中社?).
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